Liquid-dispensing apparatus.



- Patented Feb. 4, I902. w. E. GALLAGHER.

LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Aug. 17, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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llniTno STATES PATENT Orricat \VILLIAM E. GALLAGHER, OF SOUTH FRAMINGIIAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

LIQUID-DISPENSING APPARATUS.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,438, dated February 4, 1902. Application filed August 1'7, 1901. Serial No. 72,367. (No model.)

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. GALLA- GHER, of South Framingham, in the county of 'Middlesex and State of lVItLSSElChUSQttSfllLVB invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid-Dispensing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an apparatus for dispensing fiat and lively liquors by means of the gas-pressure of the lively liquor, the said pressure being broi'lght to bear upon the surface of the fiat liquor, so as to force it to the point where it is to be drawn or dispensed, whereby the necessity for using air-pumps to create an artificial pressure is avoided.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a diagrammatic view of a liquid-dispensing apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 represents a horizontal sec tion of the separator.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in both the figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1, 2, and 3 represent barrels containing fiat or still liquors or those which have insufticieut aeration or gas-pressure to force them to the point of dischargesuch, for instance, as flat ale, lager, and porter-and 4: represents a barrel of lively or aerated liquor, such as lively ale, having considerable gas pressure. The liquor is drawn from the bottom or lower bungs of these barrels through pipes 5, 6, 7, and 8, and the pipes 5 6 7 from the fiat-liquor barrels are shown as leading directly to the dispensing or drawing taps or faucets 9 10 11 behind the bar 12. The pipe 8 from the lively-liquor barrel 4 is continued in a pipe 13, havingastopcook 14, and discharges into a closed receptacle 15, which I term a separator, the discharge or outlet end of the pipe 13 being directed horizontally at 16 to avoid the disturbance of sediment in the separator by the discharging force of the liquor. In this receptacle the lively liquor is allowed to separate from its gas, and the gas-pressure is conducted from the top of the separator through a pipe 17 and its continuation 18 to a gas reservoir or receptacle 19, from whence it goes through a pipe 20 and branches 21 21 to the top bungs of each of the flat-liquor barrels 1 2 3. Thereby I bring the pressure of the lively liquor to bear upon the upper surface of the flat liquor in the several receptacles in place of the ordinary artificial air-pressure and cause the flat liquors to be forced to the taps 9 1O 11 by virtue of this gas-pressure. The pipes 18 and 20 contain suitable stopcocks 22 23. The pipe 17 has astop-cock 220.

The lively liquor accuin ulating in the separator 15, which latter is provided with a sightgage 21 to observe the height of the liquor therein, is drawn from the separator through a pipe 25, leading to a tap 26 and having an inlet near the bottom of the separator.

27 is a by-pass pipe connecting the pipe 8 with the pipe and having a stop-cock 28, which upon being opened allows the lively liquor to be drawn directly from the barrel 4 through the tap 26.

29 is a pipe connecting with the upper part of the separator 15 and having a pressuregage 30 and a safety-valve 31.

I cool the lively liquor in the separator 15 by inclosing said separator in a box or vessel 32, in which is placed a quantity of ice 33. The fiat liquors may be cooled in the usual or any suitable manner, means for which I have not shown.

31 is an auxiliary air-pu mp connected with the pipe 18 to supply pressure to the Hat liquors in the absence or exhaustion of the supply of gas-pressure from the lively liquor.

37 is a cap which closes a clean-out opening in the top of the separator 15.

The part 50, which is shown between the pipes 13 and 17, is not a conduit, butis a mechanical connection used for strength of construction. There is no passage through the said part 50.

I claim 1. In liquid-dispensing apparatus, a receptacle for lively liquor, a receptacle for flat liquor, a separator connected with the recep-' tacle for lively liquor, and means to conduct the gas-pressure from said separator to the receptacle for flat liquor.

2. In liquid-dispensing apparatus, a recep tacle for lively liquor, a receptacle for flat liquor, a separator connected with the receptacle for lively liquor, means to conduct the separator with the lower part of the receptacle for lively liquor, means to conduct the gas-pressure from said separator to the receptacle for fiat liquor, means to draw the liquor from the last-said receptacle, a drawing-conduit connected with the lower part of the separator, a by-pass connecting the said two conduits, and a Valve controlling said bymass.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my sig- 25 nature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM E. GALLAGHER. Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, E. BATCHELDER. 

